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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor:It still sells movie tickets, it has a hold on our imagination. What must it have been like on board the
Titanic
on that awful night in the
North Atlantic
? Today they commemorated the 100th anniversary of the ship's departure. Our report from
NBC
's
Stephanie Gosk
in
Southampton
,
England
.

STEPHANIE GOSK reporting:In
Southampton
,
England
, they commemorated the day the world's most famous
cruise liner
set sail for
the first and last
time.

Ms. BARBARA COHEN:That's his obituary in the newspaper.

GOSK:Barbara Cohen
's great uncle was on board.

Ms. COHEN:I just found the whole experience very moving and very touching.

GOSK:It was the ship they dared to call unsinkable. Aboard were some of the richest and most
famous people
of their time. More than
1500
died in the icy
North Atlantic
. A tragedy, a huge news story, and an obsession still going strong a century later.

GOSK:"
Titanic
," the blockbuster movie is back in theaters in 3-D. Director
James Cameron
has even explored the wreck and produced a
National Geographic
special, just one of many now crowding the airwaves.
Titanic
artifacts from the ocean floor are being auctioned off
for the first time
. Jewelry, a chandelier, third-class dishware expected to bring in millions. There's even a cruise that set out this week to retrace the
Titanic
's route.

Ms. MARY BETH CROCKER DEARING (History Enthusiast):We wanted to honor and respect the people who were on the
Titanic
before us.

GOSK:For those who couldn't get a ticket, there's always a trip to the port the
Titanic
made famous. One of the reasons tourists come here to
Southampton
is to put themselves in the shoes of the passengers, to imagine what it must have been like to get on the world's biggest, most luxurious
cruise liner
, a ship that in just a few days would be at the bottom of the ocean. It was a moment in history when both human ingenuity and fallibility were on full display and it has captured the world's imagination for a century. In the end, the
Titanic
may have proven unsinkable after all. Stephanie Gosk, NBC News,
Southampton
,
England
.